Klindt's Booksellers in The Dalles, Ore., the oldest continually operating bookstore in the state, was profiled recently in Oregon Live. Founded in 1870 by Ingwert Nickelsen, today the store is owned by Kristin Klindt and her husband, Joaquin Perez.
The shop has resided in the same building since the late 1800s and was sold to the Weigelt siblings in 1928, who operated it under the name Weigelt's Bookstore & Stationers. In 1981, Philip and Linda Klindt purchased the store from the Weigelts, renaming it Klindt's Booksellers. Klindt and Perez inherited the store in 2010.